Smaller plants are the main drag on both seed production and synchrony in their populations.
Tag - fecundity
Erin Zimmerman
Thermal Ecology to become a hot topic
We might think of flowers in terms of their colour and scent, but what about their temperature? A new review in Annals of Botany looks at the thermal ecology of flowers. In the paper Casper van der Kooi and colleagues...
Alun Salt
Evidence for asymmetrical hybridization despite pre- and post-pollination reproductive barriers between two Silene species
Co-flowering species may undergo interspecific hybridization if they are closely related and share pollinators. However, a series of reproductive barriers between species can prevent interspecific gene flow, making...
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Functionality of marcescent corollas
Functionality of marcescent corollas Persistence of withered corollas after anthesis (‘corolla marcescence’) is widespread in angiosperms, yet its functional significance does not seem to have been explored. Herrera...
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